Combined telephone-book support and note-paper-supply device



1109749141. ATENTED JAN. 5, 1904.

I A. D. IRVING. COMBINED TELEPHONE BOOK SUPPORT AND NOTE PAPER SUPPLY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STAT S Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFI E. f

COMBINED TELEPHONE-BOOK SUPPORT AND NOTE-PAPER-SU PPLY DEVlCE.

SIEOIFIGATION forming m of Letters Patent No. 749,141, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed April 29. 1903.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXIS D. IRVING, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Los This invention relates to a combined telephonebook support and memoranda-paper supply'device adapted for the convenience of personswho are constantly attending to the waffairs of railroad-oifices, of hotels, and the and arrangement of parts as shown upon'the tion ofone side of the receptacle broken away,

like, as well as offices where individual business is conducted and frequent telephone messages are received and forwarded.

[The invention consists of the combination drawings-hereto attached, described in the specification, and particularly set forth in the claims.

The purposes and'objects of my invention are attained by'the combination and arrangement'of the parts of the device, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view'of, the 'receptacle and supporting devices therefor, a porshowing parts of the paper-supplying devices within the'receptacle and a portion of the paper unwound from the roll and protruding through the slot in the said side piece and resting thereon ready for use and a portion .of the opposite side piece illustrated partly,

the book-supporting devices and a portion of the telephe'ne-book resting thereon. Fig. 2 is .a cross-sectional view of my improvement ready for use,-the supporting and limited revolving devices removed. Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of one side of myimprovement,showmg the telephone-book clamped to one side of the receptacle and the limited revolving jdevices'also' in elevation and portions of the supporting devices broken away; and Fig. 4

is a detail view.

. Similar reference letters and numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The reference-numeral 1 denotes the mov- Serial No. 1541855- iNo model.)

able side piece of the receptacle A 2, the other I fixed side piece; 3 3,the twoend piecesof the receptacle; and 4 the bottom piece of the re: ceptacle. The side piece 2 ofthe receptacle is provided with. an inturned bracket-lip 5.. The said side piece 2 is preferably made oftin, sheet-iron, or other suitable, material, and the said bracket-lip is madeintegral with the,

side piece 2 andv projects into the receptacle keeper 24,secured thereto,as-he reinafter more particularly referred to. V 1 The side piece-2 of the receptacle A has two supports 9 9, preferably cast or cut out of. and made a part of the said .piece.2 One .of them projects above :and' -the other below the edge of the piece 2. Each has a horizontally-projectingextension 10. Through these extensionslOlO perforations 1212 are made therein, and by means of these two perforations the rod 13 is securely held, in place, which clamps the telephone-book to the side piece 2 of the receptacle. v

The movableside piece 1 of the receptacle is-provided with aslot 26 about the central portion thereof and slightly longer than the width of the strip of memoranda-paper 25 adapted to be drawn therethrough unwound from the roll 8 within the receptacle, as required for use. The movable side piece 1 is hinged to the upper-edge of the fixed side piece 2 of the receptacle, and within the inclosure formed by the twosi'depiecesl and2 and the two triangularend pieces 3 3 rolls of memoranda-paper are kept ready for use when required.

The yoke 7 is made by bending a piece of wire of the required length upon itself, leaving the twoinwardly-projectingends 19 19 to be inserted within the central perforation 21 of the roll Smade therein when the'rolls are 7 formed. I A keeper 24 is made, of wire or other suitable material. The wire is preferably bent .site end of the telephone.

accurately and quickly separated from the re- I maining portion of the slip by drawing tightly and diagonally the free end of the slip of paper against the lower edge of the keeper.

The wall-plate 3O of'thesupporting-bracket for the receptacle is made preferably of a single piece of metal or other suitable material provided with holes therein for nails, screws, or other suitabledevices for securing the said plate to the wall of a room, to theend of a'desk, or other piece 'of furniture. The

long hollow arm 31 of the bracket is pivotally or otherwise secured to the plate 30, and the outer or free end of the said long arm is bent upwardly, as shown at 32 upon Fig. 1 of the drawings, and is provided with ratchet-teeth 33 upon the upper edge thereof. The short arm 35 projects downwardly and centrally from the under face of the bottom piece i'of' the receptacle, and the said short arm 35 issecured to thebottom piece 40f the receptacleby means of solder, screws, or any other suitable devices. ing edge of the short arm 35 ratchet-teeth 34 are provided, which meshwith the ratchetteeth 33 upon the upwardly-projecting portion 32 of the bracket-arm 31. The tenon-37 projects downwardly and through the'short arm 35, secured to the bottom ofthe receptacle, and is adapted to be inserted into the upturned portion 32 of the bracket-arm 31 and extends downwardly and into the portion 32 of the bracket-arm until the ratchet-teeth 33 thereon come in contact with the ratchet-teeth 34 upon the short arm 35, secured to the bottom of the receptacle.

By permitting the receptacle to revolve in one direction only the hand of the operator resting upon the movable si'de piece 1 of the receptacle and the receiver of the telephone in the other hand the operator can'readily record upon the memoranda-pap'er 25 the message of the person speaking in the oppo The advantages of my improvement will readily appear. The convenience afforded by the construction and arrangement of the parts of my improvement is manifest, in that with one hand the person holds the receiver of the telephone" and with the other hand con J venientlyinscribes the message upon the slip s of paper 25,wh'ich he has drawn through the slot 26 and rests upon the movable side piece 1, while the two ratchets prevent the receptacle A from revolving in the direction in which the hand of the'operator presses. Should the message be long, the receiver of the message drawsthe re quisite amount of Upon the downward-project-- paper through the slot 26 of the side piece 1 and under the keeper 24-, attached thereto, until the entire message is recorded and the memorandum filled, when by means of the keeper the paper containing the message or memorandum is quickly severed from that portion of the paper-upon :theout-er face of the movable side piece of the receptacle. The space 39 directly above the slot 26, through which thepaperlslip" travelsw'is set apart for telephone-numbers frequently called for by the owner of the receptacle. The two spaces 40 on ,the endsof the movablqw de'ipiece l are designed for advertising purposes. The

two outer fac'es'of' the end pieces 3 3 are also intended for advertisements, which bring an income to the owne'roffmy irrrproveddevic'ea The operation "of this" -i'nvention will be readily understood 'fromthe foregoing us scription, taken in connection'wi th the'draw. ings'hereto-appended. A

I do n'ot'desire to confine thisinventionto. the specific construction,- combination, andi arrangement of partsherein'tshown and de i scribed, and the right i'su'eserved tomake allcome within thespirit Mathis-invention; but I do desire to secure as myinvention allzfeaw tures of constructionandeqnivalents: thereof that come within the scope of .my improve, ment, as herein shown'and described, and illustrated upon the drawingsnappended hBIGtOav. J 5 1;

Having described mywinvention; what I' do claim, and'de'sire to secure by-Letters Paten s 1s iv 1. A combinedtelephone-book support and me'moranda-paper-supplying device comprising a receptacle, mealnsfor revolving the receptacle in one direction, said receptaclecorm prising sides and end pieces, one-side piece side piece being inclined, the said, movable side of the receptacle having a slot therein through which memoranda -paperis adapted changes in"and"modifications.of the sameas fixed and the other movable, the movable to be drawn, a paper-supplying device, a ,5,

keeper secured upon: the lower'edge ef said movable inclined side piece adapted, to press the slip of memoranda paper against said inclined side piece of the receptacle andaflording means whereby the receiverpf telephone messages can readily separate portions oi the paper from the remaining unused portion thereof.

2: A combined telephone-booksupport an d mcmoranda-paper-su pplying-device .comprising a receptacle containing apaper-supplying device, one ,side of. the receptacleprovided with brackets, one projectingabovethedipper edge andqthe other. projecting below the lower edge, of thesaid side piece gfi-the'recep- L tacle, the movable side piece having a'slotiip the central portion thereof througlpwhich the memoranda-paper is adapted to be drawn arid means for pressing the slip, o f; .rnemora paper against the movable sidepiece an] at fording the operaior ready fiacilities for severing fragments of the paper containing messages from the remaining portions thereof.

8. A combined telephone-book support and memoranda-paper-sapplying device comprising a receptacle, a memoranda-paper-supplyzo randa-paper-supplying device comprising a receptacle having a. book-support upon one side thereof, the opposite side of the receptacle forming a tablet for memoranda-paper and a rest for the hand of a telephone operator, said receptacle provided with a ratchet secured to the under surface of the bottom thereof, a projecting pin or tenon, secured within the ratchet, a hollow bracket-arm havinga ratchet secured thereon adapted to mesh with the ratchet secured to the bottom of the receptacle whereby the receptacle is prevented from revolving while the-message or memoranda is being recorded.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXIS D. IRVING. Witnesses:

ALBERT M. NORTON, O. BARTLETT. 

